Time To Brake

For the installation we started at the rear. Here's a close-up look at the four separate pads on the new rear caliper. Jaybrake uses DP brake pads, which feature a ceramic heat shield coating that aids in reducing heat transfer to the rotor.

After securing the bike to the lift, we jacked up the rear so we could pull the axle along with the wheel. Then we were able to drain the brake fluid, disconnect the brake line, and pull the stock caliper and bracket. Installing the new caliper and bracket was pretty straightforward. Jaybrake provided the caliper mounting bolts, along with some shims to space the caliper on the rotor.

All we had to do was apply some thread locker to the caliper bolts and bolt the caliper to the bracket.

A spacer was provided to make up for the difference in size of the new, thinner Jaybrake bracket.

Once the caliper was secured on the bracket and the spacer was in place, the caliper assembly was slipped over the rotor. Then the axle was re-installed and torqued to spec.

Next it was time to install the new brake lines.

Then we checked to make sure the caliper was properly aligned on the rotor.

To install the new components on the front of the bike, we jacked up the frontend, removed the axle, and unbolted the stock caliper from its mounting bracket.

The new dual-piston caliper was bolted to the new bracket, and then...